Holly has taken to rolling in fox poo. We're reluctant to give her a bath every time as we don't want to remove the natural oils from her coat, especially at this time of year. Does anyone have any good tips for cleaning it?
Re: Fox Poo A tip I learnt when showing my GWPs is to rub in tomato ketchup and rinse in clean water. Worked really well when I tried it and have been carrying around a sachet of it in my walking coat ever since. The longer you can leave it on (say 10 minutes) the better the result
Re: Fox Poo A good idea if you never want to eat tomato ketchup again Someone else suggested tomato puree I think - maybe better on black or choccies though. I abandoned the "spot treatments" in favour of full on baths, but now use doggy soaps rather than the shampoo as I think they are better at retaining some oils. I do take Lilly to hydrotherapy twice a month, so we never really build up that good oily waterproof coat - hey! whats another 2 baths in a week :
Re: Fox Poo I wonder whether it might be the acidic vinegar in the ketchup that does the trick, rather than the tomatoes? Wonder if vinegar might work on a pale dog. Or different brands of ketchup are better than others! ;D ;D ;D
Re: Fox Poo [quote author=drjs@5 link=topic=3824.msg43664#msg43664 date=1388436499] Maybe HP on a choccie? ;D [/quote] LOL.
Re: Fox Poo I saw a shampoo especially made for Fox Poo the other day, cannot remember where though! I guess you could just shampoo the offending part
Re: Fox Poo Yep - Animology Fox Poo Shampoo I am guessing - it works not too badly I think Lady has a tube of it too ;D
Re: Fox Poo That's the one Jac, I have used it once on Charlie when he went for a roll, worked a treat and you only have to use it on the affected area. My only claim to training fame is I taught Hattie 'no rolling' ;D
Re: Fox Poo I love Hattie - she sounds so biddable! Teaching Lilly not to poo roll would be a challenge. Can't see being able to proof that too easily ;D
Re: Fox Poo I love Hattie , she is a great girl and I think it's her Poodle/Labrador brain she soaks up training and is of course clever ;D. No poo rolling was easy Jac, everytime I saw her getting into position I just said "no rolling" and she hasn't rolled since she was about 18 months.
Re: Fox Poo [quote author=drjs@5 link=topic=3824.msg43664#msg43664 date=1388436499] Maybe HP on a choccie? ;D [/quote] You are nuts Jacqui,you don't know how often you make me burst out laughing!x
Re: Fox Poo Amy seems to find some every day, I am sure she does it so I will let her in the water on our walk!
Re: Fox Poo After rolling on three consecutive days Holly was beginning to get a bit "high". Today we gave her a bath. She smells nice (for once) and feels lovely and soft. Tomorrow, without doubt, she will find another fox poo to roll in.
Re: Fox Poo Am feeling a little left out .... never bathed either my Giant Schnauzers, GWPs, or DexiD4DivaDog but am lucky enough to have a large deep and clean free-flowing pond a couple of miles away so a good swim has done the job for me.
Re: Fox Poo Same here, Riley's been washed twice in 2 and a 1/2 years and shows little interest in fox poo..............famous last words
